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Core Infrastructure

Method to clear and reload the TCPIP Profile in zOSMF Network Configuration Assistant plug-in

I would like to request an enhancement to the Network Configuration Assistant(NCA) plug-in to add a command or utility that can clear out or reset the TCPIP profile to its initial state so that I can import my TCP/IP configuration like it's first ...
15 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server Submitted

Enhancement for VARY PATH command to allow CHPID Ranges

For maintenance purpose we must handle a large amount of Paths to our CF LPARs. Some commands looks like the following: VARY PATH(CFxx,90,CFxx,91,CFxx,92,CFxx,93,CFxx,94,CFxx,95,CFxx,96,CFxx,97,CFxx,98),OFFLINE to make this handling a little bit l...
22 days ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS Submitted

Just one heading in DFSMSrmm reports

It should be possible to define only one heading per report. Today, the LINECOUNT parameter can only be used to enter a value between 10 and 999. Additionally, NOLIMIT should be possible here, so that only a header line is displayed at the beginni...
10 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM Submitted

zCX Docker Enhancement Request: Native Support for Pre-Startup Network Dependencies (NFS over AT-TLS)

Executive Summary In zCX environments, container startup is currently non-deterministic when external network dependencies (such as NFS over AT-TLS) are required. The platform lacks native mechanisms for dependency management, startup ordering, an...
22 days ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) Submitted

Add retry functionality for AUDIT MEDIACONTROLS CLOUD due to HTTP 401 disconnect

AUDIT MEDIACONTROLS CLOUD fails with an HTTP/1.1 401 that IBM DS8A10 support indicated was due to a restAPI Token Expiration. They indicated they plan to address this issue with PCR 444, but would likely not be available until 2027. APAR OA66772 a...
12 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM Submitted

Kubernetes CSI Dynamic provisioner to consume z/OS native NFS Storage from Openshift4.x cluster

Today to consume the z/OS native NFS Storage from kubernetes based Openshift4.x cluster, we need to manually create the PV & use it from PVC. This make difficult from operation prospective & as well for application. Also if application pod...
12 days ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) Submitted

zOS CFRM - Structure size change requires access to CSFSERV resources

When Coupling Facility (CF) structures are encrypted, any user executing the IXCMIAPU utility to write or update a CFRM policy currently requires access to CSFSERV resources such as CSFKGN (Key Generate) and CSFKYT (Key Test)—even in scenarios whe...
23 days ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES Submitted

Allow for uncataloged PDS members to be listed via the REST API

Users may have the same PDS in different volumes, most of which may not be in the catalog. In order for them to list members, it would be good to allow the z/OSMF REST API to accept a volser as a query parameter. Operation HTTP method and URI path...
15 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Submitted

Remove home directory of removed LDAP user

When a ZCX user is removed from LDAP it's home directory is not removed. There is no way to remove this. So you end up with home directories which correspond to old users. I think there must be a solution created for this. When using ZCX local use...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) Submitted

2 GB large pages for native (non Java) heap

We currently run in-memory java computing applications that leverage long lived memory(> 1TB per instance), we do run with 2GB large pages for the heap via JVM option Xlp:objectheap:pagesize=2G but the majority of the data is stored off heap, f...
16 days ago in z/OS / LE Submitted

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